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Tamguatlay Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary
Am I correct to say "I aren't clever"?
I am not clever.
I understand that the short form for "am not" is "aren't".
Am I correct to say "I aren't clever"?
Thanks.
I understand that the short form for "am not" is "aren't".
Am I correct to say "I aren't clever"?
Thanks.
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I aren't clever. sounds just awful, regardless of register. The aren't/I combination may be acceptable in questions or question tags but definitely not in simple statements.
You sometimes hear "ain't..." in informal conversation. It originally stood for 'am not', but now it's also used in place of 'is not', 'are not', 'has not' and 'have not' as an informal alternative. The technic
You sometimes hear "ain't..." in informal conversation. It originally stood for 'am not', but now it's also used in place of 'is not', 'are not', 'has not' and 'have not' as an informal alternative. The technic
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